“What I first remember was the light.
It was November 1983, and after some Byzantine negotiations, I was admitted to the inner sanctum – a low-slung building in Cupertino, California, containing the most whispered-about secret since the Enigma, or at least Who shot J.R.? Upon confirming my identity, the receptionist directed me to a small conference room named after a French painter. A short, energetic woman in a suede jumpsuit entered carrying an awkward canvas bag. She set the bag on the table, unzipped the top and reached in, grabbing something by a recessed handle.
The shape is now a familiar component of our culture, as instantly recognizable as a Volkswagen or a Coke bottle. Back then, I had never seen anything like it. All I knew was its name: Macintosh. And that it was supposed to change the world. It certainly looked different.
In about thirty seconds, the woman had everything plugged in and connected. She reached behind it and turned it on. The disk drive ground and whirred. And the small screen turned milky white. In the middle was a sharp little machine self-portrait, with a blinking question mark inside on the screen inside the screen. Then the disk drive whirred once more and the question mark evaporated. In its place was a happy face. Macintosh was happy.
I was witnessing a revolution”.

Dice l’ultimo National Security Archive Update che "On his first full day in office, President Barack Obama signed an executive order and two presidential memoranda heralding what he called a "new era of openness". Announcing a Presidential Memorandum on the Freedom Of Information Act to reestablish a presumption of disclosure for information requested under FOIA, President Obama said that "every agency and department should know that this administration stands on the side not of those who seek to withhold information, but those who seek to make it known".

Il primo effetto di questa dichiarazione è sul Presidente stesso: "President Obama also issued an executive order reversing changes made by President George W. Bush to the Presidential Records Act, stating he would hold himself and his own records "to a new standard of openness"".

Creative Commons commenta il successo dell’album Ghost I-IV dei NIN: "The next time someone tries to convince you that releasing music under CC will cannibalize digital sales, remember that Ghosts I-IV broke that rule, and point them here". Fatto ;)

Journalist, blogger, entrepreneur. On tech culture and society since 1991. Author of a book about Web 2.0 and Social Media in 2006. Co-founder of a startup in 2010. Winner of Premio Nazionale per l'Innovazione del Presidente della Repubblica Italiana in 2012. Now Partner and Advisor at Fashion Technology Accelerator.